PMID- 22166256
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130812
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1741-2854 (Electronic)
IS  - 0020-7640 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Mar
TI  - A study of acculturation in psychotic and non-psychotic immigrants living in 
      Athens.
PG  - 157-64
LID - 10.1177/0020764011430031 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Acculturation is the phenomenon that results when a group with one 
      culture comes into continuous contact with a host culture. AIMS: To investigate 
      the correlation between acculturation and psychotic symptomatology in a group of 
      immigrants suffering from psychosis and to explore differences in demographic 
      factors related with the acculturation process between individuals with and 
      without psychosis. METHODS: Sixty-five patients and 317 non-psychotic immigrants 
      were interviewed using the Immigrant Acculturation Scale (IAS) and a structured 
      questionnaire for demographic data. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale 
      (PANSS), the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) and the Global 
      Assessment of Functioning (GAF) were also administered to all immigrants 
      suffering from psychosis. RESULTS: Total IAS scores, as well as IAS everyday life 
      scores, were positively correlated with GAF scores. IAS everyday life score in 
      the patient group related with religion, marital status, gender and years in 
      Greece, while in the non-psychosis group it was related with gender and years in 
      Greece. IAS wishful orientation/nostos (the strong desire for one's homeland) 
      related with religion in both groups. The IAS identity in the psychosis group did 
      not show any significant relation with any of the variables, while in the 
      non-patient group, it was related with marital status, gender and years in 
      Greece. Age, duration of residence in Greece and higher adoption of Greek ethnic 
      identity were the variables that differentiated the two groups of immigrants. 
      CONCLUSION: Acculturation in immigrants suffering from psychosis could be seen as 
      a process that does not correlate strongly with the severity of the 
      symptomatology but is probably influenced by different set of factors.
FAU - Gonidakis, F
AU  - Gonidakis F
AD  - 1st Department of Psychiatry, Athens University, Eginition Hospital, Athens, 
      Greece. fragoni@yahoo.com
FAU - Lembesi, E
AU  - Lembesi E
FAU - Kontaxakis, V P
AU  - Kontaxakis VP
FAU - Havaki-Kontaxaki, B J
AU  - Havaki-Kontaxaki BJ
FAU - Ploumpidis, D
AU  - Ploumpidis D
FAU - Madianos, M
AU  - Madianos M
FAU - Papadimitriou, G N
AU  - Papadimitriou GN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20111212
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Soc Psychiatry
JT  - The International journal of social psychiatry
JID - 0374726
SB  - IM
MH  - *Acculturation
MH  - Adult
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Emigrants and Immigrants/*psychology
MH  - Ethnicity/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Marital Status
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychology, Comparative/methods
MH  - *Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis/ethnology/psychology
MH  - Religion and Psychology
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Schizophrenia/diagnosis/ethnology
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2011/12/15 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/13 06:00
CRDT- 2011/12/15 06:00
PHST- 2011/12/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/12/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0020764011430031 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/0020764011430031 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2013 Mar;59(2):157-64. doi: 10.1177/0020764011430031. Epub 
      2011 Dec 12.